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Jonathan Nott

Jonathan Nott has been played on NTS shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, with Hamburg Concerto (Hamburgisches Konzert) first played on 6 August 2023.

Jonathan Nott (born Solihull, England in 1962) is an English conductor, the son of a priest. He was a music student and choral scholar at the University of Cambridge, and also studied singing and flute in Manchester at the Royal Northern College of Music. Nott was also a conducting student in London. He left London to develop his conducting career in Germany via the traditional Kapellmeister system.

Nott made his conducting debut in 1988 at the Opera Festival in Battignano, Italy. In 1989, he was appointed Kapellmeister at the Frankfurt Opera. In 1991, he was appointed Erster Kapellmeister at the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden, and went on to become interim chief music director for the 1995–96 season. He later became music director at the Lucerne Theatre and served as principal conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2002.

With the Berlin Philharmonic, Nott recorded several orchestral works of György Ligeti as part of the Teldec contribution to the complete recorded works of Ligeti. Nott became music director of the Ensemble InterContemporain (EIC) in 2000. He relinquished this post in 2003, and immediately took up the position of principal guest conductor of the EIC. He has held that title since then.

Nott became principal conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in January 2000. With the orchestra, he made his New York City conducting debut. His current contract with the orchestra is through the 2011-2012 season.

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Jonathan Nott

Jonathan Nott has been played on NTS shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, with Hamburg Concerto (Hamburgisches Konzert) first played on 6 August 2023.

Jonathan Nott (born Solihull, England in 1962) is an English conductor, the son of a priest. He was a music student and choral scholar at the University of Cambridge, and also studied singing and flute in Manchester at the Royal Northern College of Music. Nott was also a conducting student in London. He left London to develop his conducting career in Germany via the traditional Kapellmeister system.

Nott made his conducting debut in 1988 at the Opera Festival in Battignano, Italy. In 1989, he was appointed Kapellmeister at the Frankfurt Opera. In 1991, he was appointed Erster Kapellmeister at the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden, and went on to become interim chief music director for the 1995–96 season. He later became music director at the Lucerne Theatre and served as principal conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2002.

With the Berlin Philharmonic, Nott recorded several orchestral works of György Ligeti as part of the Teldec contribution to the complete recorded works of Ligeti. Nott became music director of the Ensemble InterContemporain (EIC) in 2000. He relinquished this post in 2003, and immediately took up the position of principal guest conductor of the EIC. He has held that title since then.

Nott became principal conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in January 2000. With the orchestra, he made his New York City conducting debut. His current contract with the orchestra is through the 2011-2012 season.

Original source: Last.fm

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Requiem
György Ligeti, Marie Luise Neunecker, Heinz Holliger, Jacques Zoon, Caroline Stein, Margriet van Reisen, London Voices, Terry Edwards, Asko Ensemble, Schönberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw, Berliner Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott
Teldec Classics2003
Hamburg Concerto (Hamburgisches Konzert)
György Ligeti, Marie Luise Neunecker, Heinz Holliger, Jacques Zoon, Caroline Stein, Margriet van Reisen, London Voices, Terry Edwards, Asko Ensemble, Schönberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw, Berliner Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott
Teldec Classics2003